5.A young athlete is admitted to the hospital with diahreeah, vomiting, bone and joint pain, hyperglycemia an
this is from a case study, and I am not just being lazy. I have researched everywhere I know to look and cant find the answer that covers all of these symptoms. Any help would be appreciated.
Ok, this can all be associated with diabetes.
Her blood sugar is high.. she has a lack of insulin, the body cannot use the glucose as energy without the insulin. She is an athlete and is active and needs some form of energy. Her body starts to break down fats for energy-the only problem is they cannot be completely broken down and release ketones into the blood. This in turn causes ketoacidosis- which can cause Nausea and Vomiting. Going long term with high blood sugar levels cause Neuropathy (damage of nerves) due to constriction of the blood vessels (some sort of injury) in the arms and legs and this causes the tingling sensation, and diarrhea. Long term with out treatment also causes Neuropathic joint disease and a degeneration of weight bearing joints, this condition also causes bone to breakdown so more calcium enters the blood, causing the bone and joint pain.
My guess is she has had Diabetes for some time that has gone uncontrolled
I had some links to go along with this, but it wouldn’t let me post it with them….. ???
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Ok, this can all be associated with diabetes.
Her blood sugar is high.. she has a lack of insulin, the body cannot use the glucose as energy without the insulin. She is an athlete and is active and needs some form of energy. Her body starts to break down fats for energy-the only problem is they cannot be completely broken down and release ketones into the blood. This in turn causes ketoacidosis- which can cause Nausea and Vomiting. Going long term with high blood sugar levels cause Neuropathy (damage of nerves) due to constriction of the blood vessels (some sort of injury) in the arms and legs and this causes the tingling sensation, and diarrhea. Long term with out treatment also causes Neuropathic joint disease and a degeneration of weight bearing joints, this condition also causes bone to breakdown so more calcium enters the blood, causing the bone and joint pain.
My guess is she has had Diabetes for some time that has gone uncontrolled
I had some links to go along with this, but it wouldn’t let me post it with them….. ???
References :
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